diff --git a/src/jsx.erl b/src/jsx.erl
index 6abd282..eb0d227 100644
--- a/src/jsx.erl
+++ b/src/jsx.erl
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ parse_opts([{comments, Value}|Rest], Opts) ->
 parse_opts([{escaped_unicode, Value}|Rest], Opts) ->
     true = lists:member(Value, [ascii, codepoint, none]),
     parse_opts(Rest, Opts#opts{escaped_unicode = Value});
-parse_opts([{naked_values, Value}|Rest], Opts) ->
-    true = lists:member(Value, [true, false]),
-    parse_opts(Rest, Opts#opts{naked_values = Value});
 parse_opts([{encoding, Value}|Rest], Opts) ->
     true = lists:member(Value, [utf8]),
     parse_opts(Rest, Opts#opts{encoding = Value});
diff --git a/src/jsx_common.hrl b/src/jsx_common.hrl
index 4bf1673..10a139f 100644
--- a/src/jsx_common.hrl
+++ b/src/jsx_common.hrl
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 -record(opts, {
     comments = false,
     escaped_unicode = ascii,
-    naked_values = false,
     encoding = utf8
 }).
 
diff --git a/src/jsx_decoder.erl b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
index 3533c7c..75c71dd 100644
--- a/src/jsx_decoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ start(<<?start_object, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     object(Rest, [key|Stack], fold(start_object, Callbacks), Opts);
 start(<<?start_array, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     array(Rest, [array|Stack], fold(start_array, Callbacks), Opts);
-start(<<?quote, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<?quote, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     string(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, []);
-start(<<$t, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<$t, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     tr(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts);
-start(<<$f, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<$f, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     fa(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts);
-start(<<$n, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<$n, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     nu(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts);
-start(<<?negative, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<?negative, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     negative(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, "-");
-start(<<?zero, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<?zero, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) ->
     zero(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, "0");
-start(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when ?is_nonzero(S), Opts#opts.naked_values == true ->
+start(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when ?is_nonzero(S) ->
     integer(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, [S]);
 start(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) when Opts#opts.comments == true ->
     maybe_comment(Rest, fun(Resume) -> start(Resume, Stack, Callbacks, Opts) end);